Libyan leader urges UN to back full sovereignty, elections, end to foreign interference
LONDON: The chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council on Thursday urged the international community to support a Libyan-led political process that restores the country’s full sovereignty, ends foreign interference, and paves the way for free and transparent elections.
Addressing the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, Mohamed Al-Menfi said his country must no longer be treated as a “battleground for settling scores or exporting crises,” but as a nation with the resources, youth and history to build a modern and democratic state.
He outlined a four-point plan for moving beyond years of conflict: restoring national sovereignty free from external interference; achieving broad-based consensus through inclusive dialogue inside Libya; unifying sovereign institutions such as security, defense and financial bodies; and ending the transitional phase with elections based on a clear constitutional framework.
“Any solution that doesn’t return ownership of the political process to the Libyan people, and doesn’t emanate from their free will, is doomed to repeat failure,” he said.
